Early Morning Pondering
I never know what odd things Facebook will cough up for my early morning consideration and, therefore, I don't know where my train of thought will go after viewing the image du jour. Perhaps the same is true for you. So it's Mother's Day, and FB saw fit to show me a picture of Pope Leo as a very young boy with his mother. Okay, so far, so good. A nice shot of a lovely woman with three nicely-dressed little boys. Which led me to the realization that once a person becomes Pope, we never see pictures of him wearing anything but his white papal uniform. Is he not allowed to wear anything else? Ever? Doesn't white after white after white get tiresome? Wouldn't he long for variety? Does he always have to be recognizable? Or are photographers forbidden from shooting him if he's in civilian clothing? Couldn't he wear a nice blue Oxford cloth shirt and a pair of khakis to go to the movies? What if he likes to spend his off-hours gardening -- wouldn't that whi...
